History & Criticism

Review "This ambitious novel tackles some of the biggest issues of our time - climate change and environmental disaster - whilst taking the reader on a...

The play begins in the present, with the meeting of Emma and Jerry, whose adulterous affair of seven years ended two years earlier. Emma's marriage to Robe...

'Fear no more the heat of the sun.'Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf's fourth novel, offers the reader an impression of a single June day in London in 1923. Clar...

Tomson Highway is one of Canada's foremost playwrights and novelists. In Comparing Mythologies he addresses a theme that is central to much of his work: the...

Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with...

Patricia Williams is a lawyer and a professor of commercial law, the great-great-granddaughter of a slave and a white southern lawyer. The Alchemy of Race ...

In The Eighteenth Century, A Daring And Dramatically New Intellectual And Cultural Movement Arose In Western Europe. Of Its Many Characteristics - Audacity,...

Between The Great Rivers Tigris And Euphrates Lies The Rich Alluvial Land Of Mesopotamia (now In Modern Iraq), Which Supported A Complex And Prosperous Soci...

four Incisive, Elegant Essays On The Life And Work Wilde, Yeats, Joyce And Beckett By A Pre-eminent Critic Of Our Time. publishers Weekly in Four Library O...

One of the great cornerstones in the history of Christian philosophy, The City of God provides an insightful interpretation of the development of modern W...

The Author Draws Parallels Between The Odyssey And The Experiences Of Vietnam Veterans After Returning To The United States. Introduction -- Odysseus Among ...

By William Shakespeare ; Edited By Barbara A. Mowat And Paul Werstine. Includes Bibliographical References.Categories: Literature & Fiction History &...

Read Shakespeare’s plays in all their brilliance—and understand what every word means! Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular guides make...

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of King Lear on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each ...

From the mailbox of the Prime Minister's Office to your bookshelf, a list of more than 100 books that every Canadian should read. This largely one-sided cor...

Studies major works by important sculptors since Rodin in the light of different approaches to general sculptural issues to reveal the logical progressions ...

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of A Midsummer Night's Dream on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on ...

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Hamlet on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No ...

This comprehensive study, cosponsored by the Christian College Coalition, addresses questions faced by students in introductory literature courses. It exam...

"a great Gatsby For The End Of The Century." — the Baltimore Sun jay Mcinerney's First Novel, bright Lights, Big City, Helped Bring About A Revolution In ...

SparkNotes Literature Guides: Making the reading experience fun! When a paper is due, and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to su...

this Wild And Entertaining Novel Expands On The True Story Of The West Indian Slave Tituba, Who Was Accused Of Witchcraft In Salem, Massachusetts, Arrested...

Widely regarded as the finest poet of his generation, Seamus Heaney is the subject of numerous critical studies, but no book-length portrait has appeared be...

Bhabha, in his preface, writes 'Nations, like narratives, lose their origins in the myths of time and only fully encounter their horizons in the mind's eye'...

When the renowned aviation hero and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh defeated Franklin Roosevelt by a landslide in the 1940 presidential election, fe...

Contains 9,000 Alphabetical Entries Including Biographical Information On Authors, Composers And Artists, 2,000 Plot Summaries, Movements In Literature, Lit...

Nothing beats the friendship between women— the understanding and support during tough times, the laughter and fun during good times.Whether they’ve ju...

This is one of the best-known plays by Africa's major dramatist, Wole Soyinka. How the Lion hunts the Jewel is the theme of this ribald comedy.Categories: S...

This Study Of Early Greek Lyric Provides Portraits Of Archilochus, Alcaeus And Sappho And Their Poetry. It Looks At Their Social Setting, And Their Purposes...

Who was the real Nicholas Flamel? How did the Sorcerer’s Stone get its power? Did J. K. Rowling dream up the terrifying basilisk, the seductive veela, or...

Seven Short Stories Are Told By Women As They Look Back On Pivotal Moments In Their Teenage Years. Each One Conveys A Sense Of Urgency And Honesty Cf. Our C...

Alan Melville's accomplished translations match the sophisticated elegance of Ovid's Latin. Their witty modern idiom is highly entertaining. In this volume...

Read by millions of students over seven editions, The Norton Anthology of English Literature remains the most trusted undergraduate survey of English liter...

Contains A Fully Updated A-z Guide To Over 1,200 Definitions Of Terms From The Fields Of Literary Theory And Criticism, Rhetoric, Versification And Drama. R...

'when I Begin To Write, I Open Myself And Wait. And When I Turn Toward An Inner Spiritual Awareness, I Open Myself And Wait.' With That Insight, Pat Schneid...

Winner of the 2018 City of Vancouver Book AwardFrom Vancouver-based writer Chelene Knight, Dear Current Occupant is a creative non-fiction memoir about hom...

Can Poetry Matter? -- The Dilemma Of The Long Poem -- Notes On The New Formalism -- Strong Counsel (robinson Jeffers) -- The Loneliness Of Weldon Kees -- Th...

William Burroughs Arrived In Mexico City In 1949, Having Slipped Out Of New Orleans While Awaiting Trial On Drug And Weapons Charges That Would Almost Certa...

A powerful political critique of postmodernism. Melancholic and introspective,ironical and apolitical, the urban cynic is a myth of our time. In this origin...

from The Bestselling Author Of Earthway Comes A Collection Of Thoughtful And Inspiring Essays On Nature And Life. Together They Light A Path To Genuine Lov...

Raised in poverty as an illegitimate child, Jack London dropped out of school to support his mother, working in mind-deadening jobs that would foster a lif...

Grevillea, Queen Of The Arachnea, Has Decimated Both The Kingdom Of Maluk And Now The Dukedom Of Schtraut One After The Other. When She Investigates Reports...

Tracy , JackCategories: Literature & Fiction History & Criticism Genres & StylesMystery & Detective

As November Stubs Out The Glow Of Autumn And The Days Tighten Into Shorter Hours, Winter's Occupation Begins. Preparing For Winter Has Its Own Rhythms, As O...

Although utterly convinced of the truth of Christianity, Anselm of Canterbury struggled to make sense of his religion. He considered the doctrines of faith ...

Jeffrey Burton Russell. Includes Index.Categories: Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies Theology ChristianAngelology & Demonology

Gathers two collections of Lennon's drawings, poems, and short stories that make use of wordplay and nonsensical phrasesCategories: Literature & Fiction...

Edgar Allan Poe's only novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is a pivotal work in which Poe calls attention to the act of writing and to t...